Residents who were displaced gathered around emergency officials.

An official sorted through paperwork as people who were displaced sat on a bus.

Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn gave a briefing at the scene.

Firefighters removed their equipment after the blaze.

The fire was upgraded to a nine-alarm blaze as it grew.

People near the fire covered their faces against the smoke.

The fire was upgraded to a nine-alarm blaze.

Firefighters battled the blaze in Allston and were worried about a building collapse.

The scene near the blaze.

Firefighters used ladders to battle the blaze.

Onlookers documented the events.

A woman covered her face.

A firefighter dragged a fire hose.

The fire was at an apartment building on Harvard Terrace.

Firefighters closed streets in the area.

The fire was said to have started on an apartment rear deck.